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Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-25
FIRES Around Sulphur Springs.

Special to the Gazette.
SULPHUR SPRINGS, Tex, Nov. 10
The prairie northwest of town has been
burning several days, and the fire is still
raging.
A tenant house on Mr.. Glover's farm
occupied by william Winchester was
burned Thursday evening. The family
were in the cotton field except cripple
demented child which was burned to
death in the house.
Mr.. G. T. PRINTS farm fence with large
lot of hay is destroyed.
About 800 PANELS Of Mr.. r. Towers
fence are also burned, and nearly all the
pastures in large area are burned over.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-25
Reports of Forest Fires.
Special to the Gazette.

SpTCieI W the OAZetbes
JEFFERSON, TEX, Nov. 18.-To-dsy has
presented quite On unusual phenomenon.
The entire town and surrounding county
is enveloped in disagreesble smoke, so
dense that even in town you can see no
further than 200 yards. It is very irritet-
Ing TO the eyes, and it looks as if the en-
tire country was on fire. It is supposed
the smoke comes from the great forest
fires that are now devastating the eoun-
try. 1t is reported that up and down the
East Line Road, AMI between here and
Texarksna, the fire is raging.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-25
Burning the Oklahoma Country.

Special 70 the Gazette.
GAINESVILLE, TEX, Nov. 18.-A tele-
gram was received in this city to-day,
stating that 500 Indians were burning up
the Oklahoma country. What prompted
the Indians to do this could not be
learned. The fire is said to be very dis
astrous and al efforts to check its pro-
gress prove unsvsiling. 1t has already
swept over large territory and is still
raging.
The latest from the fire in the Indian
Territory is that it was started by the
Indians TO harrass the cattlemen. This is
hooted at by others, who say that 1t wss
accidentally set on fire. A Santa Fe con-
ductor who arrived on freight this after
noon from Purcell knew nothing of the
fire, while another party who srrived by
train day states that the fire was raging
on both sides of the rsilwsy for seventy
miles. A dense smoke has obscured the
sun all day, and is said to come from the
fire. It is feared that much serious
damage has been done.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-25

The forest lands Of the United States,
excluding Alaska, embrace 10000. 600
acres, or IS per cent. OF the entire area.
The farmers OWE about So per cent. Of
the forest ares, or some 1s5. 000. 600
acres. The rest is owned by railroad cor
poretions, mine owners, charcoal burners,
Ianneries, lumbermen and SPECTATORS
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-25
Dara In tho n,,ddl. of tho Dsx.

CINCINNATI, ONO, Nov. 20.-Specisls
&c the Commercial Gazette from Manches-
ter, Washington Courthouse and Hamil-
tan, ell Ohio towns, say about noon to-
day asmokY darkness colored the sky and
produced darkness greater than that pro-
duced by total eclipse of the sun ever
remembered. Lights were used for near
ly an hour. At Hamilton the darkness
seemed to be produced by dense smoke.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-25

It is estimated that the pine trees on
the Menominee reservation in Wisconsin,
where 1900 Indians are quartered, would
yield $50, 600, 000 feet Of marketable lum-
Der. This lumber is worth So per 1000
feet standing, and il the money realized
from IFS sale were put out at interest q
handsome annuity would be secured to
each Indian.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-25
The Territory Fire.

Special to the Gazette.
GAINESVILLE, TEX, Nov. ia tele-
gram from Purcell states that the big fire
did not cross to this side of the Canadian
river and could no longer be seen. It is
believed there that the fire was started by
the Indians.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-25

A farmer near Middleton, Mich, has
yoke of oxen which he drives to harness.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-25
SEA Word to the Wis. !, snftic,.n. >,

Catarrh is not simply an inconvenience,
unpleasant TO thesuferer and disgusting
tdothers-it is sn advanced outpost of
approaching disease Sof worst type. Do
not negleet its.warniag; it brings dsadly
evlls irh Its trAia. Esfo,e it, is toosiate,
lnse NJ. Says .&tarrh.gRemedY It
reachssst the Of thes ailmeRf, snd is
the only thing that will. You MAY dose
yourself with qusck medicines tn it is
too late-'till the streamlet becomaa re-
sistless torrent. 1t is the matured mYen,.
tion OF scientme physician. "a woEd
to the wise is snftieiept."
-
"Causfon Buy onlg DR.. Igaac Thomp-
Sons Eye Wster. Zone oslszE genuine.n
A book agent in New YorKhss the odd
name of Ioor. "a
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-25

A book agent in New Yorkhss the odd
name Of Ioor. q
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-25

To those acquainted with our institu
to say that the Invalids' Hotel and S
branch establishment located at No. 3 \
England, have, for many years, enjOye
the most largely patTOniZed and widel.
the world for the treatment and cure
arise from youthful indiscretiOns and p'
We, many years ago, established s
treatment Of these diseases, under TIL
the most sllillful physicians and surge
that all who apply TO rs might receive
Council OF the most experienced speci
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-25

original system of diagnosis many
diseases just as successfully without as with personal
become acquainted with Them show them our institutions and
seen person in FIVE hundred whom have cured The per-
which enabled
particulars
miraculous, the light
of the marvellous degree accuracy
erdCly
nearly thousand miles long?
the hayward elements of nature that he accurately
Washington fOreteI
what the weather will be in Florida New York well if
miles did between him
And in all departments science
what required the knowledge of
these
SsHS III
4 \ science, diseases unmistalable
SQEk9E signs and by of this
S0AA"k have been enabled originate and
hozS-zTa of Determining with the greatest accuracy
diseases without seeing personally
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-25

G0NgTG0N SENSE AS APPLIED TO MEDICINE.
EHavel 4 ar one nc o he W 6v
Men al age R M %
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Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-25

We offer no apology for devotiu
attention 10 this neglected class {
believing no condition of human
wretched to merit the sympathy
services of the noble profession t
bpIOuu HaUU who E11ffq1. from tn.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-11-12

Tennessee Railroads.

Milan Exchange.
The Illinois Central is one of the
best managed and most popular roads
in the state.
The Lookout Incline railway has
the steepest grade, some parts of it
being about 45o.
The c., O. & S. w. has been great
ly improved in the last two years.
Track now all steel.
The E. II. & w. N. G. (stem wind
cry has the grandest and most ro-
mantle scenery along its line.
The fleetwood Coal Company
railroad is the shortest in the state,
being only three fourths of a mile
long.
The LaGrange Furnace Co., has
two miles of the narrowest guage
roads, being only two feet between
the rails.
The Cincinnati Southern is the on
ly finished road in the state, being
full rock ballasted and tirst-class in
all its appointments.
The L. & N. system is constantly
receiving new improvements in ma
chinery, steel rails, stone ballast, etc.
Over AS miles in the state.
The M. & G.. has the best road bed
in West Tennessee, being ballasted
with TishOmingo gravel, free from
dust stand admitting of very fast time.
The E. T., Va, and Ga. has been
greatly improved under its new man.
agement, and has added much new
rolling stock. Over 372 miles in the
state.
The Nashville & Chattanooga sys-
tenn is said to be the best managed
and most popular in the state. Sew
eral branches are being extended and
all the divisions are being improved.
This company has neat, comfortable,
white-washed section houses and
enough land around them for each
family to make a good garden. Has
nearly 555 miles in the state-nearly
one fourth the total mileage of the
state.
1t may not be generally known,
but it is true, that the railroads pay
about one seventh of the taxes of the
state. 1t is also true that their pro.
perty is assessed more nearly at its
real value than that belonging to in
dividuals generally. More than this,
railroads encourage taxation fol
school purposes and pay it ch~eerfully
If the assessors under the new law
will assess other property in the state
as near its real value, the state will
soon be out of debt.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-11-12
The Duty of Parents in Sickly Seasons
of the Year.

We commend the following testi-
mony as to the efficacy of S. S. S. in
measles and fever, from one of the
best known physicians practicing in
Georgia. 1t will be seen that he
strongly testifies to the happy results
accruing from the use of this medi-
cine in peventing the frequently very
serious consequences that follow an
attack of measles. The resultant eff
fects of an attack of measles remam
in the system for months, and unless
great care is exercised the lingering
poison in the blood will attack some
vital part of the system, endangering
life. We take great pleasure in Civ
ing the widest possible circulation to
this eminent physicians candid and
manly letter written in the cause of
suffering humanity.
ELLAvILLE, GA, March 81, 1887.
My Dear Sir-I have used your S.
S. S. medicine with exceptional ben
eft on patients convalescing from
measles. A feature of that disease is
that it leaves the mucous membrane
chemically infamed-that is, the in
f1ammation continues from four to
six months. l have given it to sev-
eral patients just getting out of bed
from the measles, and always with
the happiest results.
/ also used S. S. S. in convalescent
fever cases with the best result. 1t
will, in my judgment, prevent sum-
mel dysentery, if one will take a few
bottles in the spring, thus preparing
the bowels for the strains of summer.
1 am prompted to send you this
letter, because just now | am aware
that measles prevail in Southwest
Georgia. While l hesitate to appear
as voucher for proprietary remedies,
s. S. S. has become such IA standard
medicine with many regular physi-
clans, that / am relieved of the en-
barrassment ordinarily attached to a
regular physicians endorsement of
proprietary medicines. Besides, the
claims fsuffering humanity aregreat-
er than selfish professional ethics.
Yours sincerely,
J.. N. CHENEY, NJ. d.
Treaties on Blood and Skin Diseases
mailed free.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co, Drawer
3 Atlanta, Ga.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-11-12
Queer Canned Goods.

New Yerk Mail and Express.
"Why, what is this, canned hash?"
THAT'S what it is, and nothing
else"
What is it made Off"
1.-THE best kind of corned beef
and early rose potatoes. A can con-
tanning two pounds, which costs re-
tail only twenty-five cents, will fur
nish a good meal for eight PERSONS"
We'll, well; you will be canning
fishballs next"
1--WE do so now. A twenty-cent
can of codf. balls will supply
enough for four persons"
The above conversation took place
between a reporter for the Mail and
Express and the head of the canned
goods department of Thurber, Why
land & Co., who continued:
1t is scarcely known to the gener-
al public what is now potted and
canned. Every kind of food product
from all parts of the world can thus
be brought to New York to feed its
population. Salmon and salmon
steaks, cut from the thickest part of
the fish, come from British Columbia
and the st. Lawrence River; fruits
of all kinds reach here from the Pa
ciflc slope preserved green figs and
oranges are brought from Louisiana ;
shrimps and prawns from Biloxi,
Miss; baked beans and brown bread
from Boston and other parts of New
England Holsters and mackerel from
Newfoundland and Prince Edwards
Island; preserved roses from Smyr-
ma, Turkey chutney, in neat little
pots, from East Indies; preserved
ginger from China, and 1 might con-
tinue the list for an hour"
Preserved roses; what are they
used for?"
For cake and other similar uses"
Are there any other peculiarities,
such as fish-balls? 2"
eyes; we have clam chowder,
soups of all kinds, devilled crabs,
with shells to put them in,crab meat,
Goldfish, sausage, tripe, pigs feet,
snails, curried fowl, curried oysters,
CLAIMS, tropical fruits, tropical she'll
fish, devilled meats and everything
else, all ready to be placed on the
table. Meat of all kinds, and cooked
in every imaginable way, are now
done up in cases, and a person need
never fear starvation, even in a will
derness or ON the ocean, he has only
a good supply Of canned goods"
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-11-12
Edison on the Labor Question.

Thomas Edison, the electrician, who
was asked by a newspaper interview
er what he thought of the Keely mo-
tor, replied: 81 have never seen it,
so l have no opinion about it. But
all the results he is said to have OBJ
tanned can be got from compressed
air. All the air in this room can be
condensed into a liquid that could be
carried in Il ilbret shell, and its eX-
plosive force would be tremendous.
Skillfully released and reconstructed,
it would move a great machine" In
reply to the question, When mo-
tive powers gets to be four times as
cheap as it is, Mr.. Edison, what will
become of the laboring MANI" "He
will be enriched by it. Machinery
will be his slave. See how machine
ry has multiplied in the last fifty
years. AS a direct result, working
men get double the wages they did
then, and the necessities of life cost
only half as much. In other words,
a hand worker can today buy four
times as much with ten hours of
work as his father could fifty years
ago. For the first time in the worlds
history, a skilled mechanic can buy
a barrel of flower with a single days
work. The machinery in the United
States represents the labor of thous-
and million men, or fifty times as
much labor as that of all the men in
the country. When motive power is
still further cheapened-say in anoth-
er generation-I believe that the un-
skilled laborer, if sober and industri-
GUS, can have q house of his own and
a horse and carriage and a Ii
brary and a piano. 1t is ter
rible stupidity that leads some labor
ing men to suppose that machinery
is their foe. 1t is a thing that gives
them independence and even free
dom. Without machinery society
would drift into the condition of mas
ter and slave. The multiplication of
machinery means for every worker
more food, better clothes, better
house, less work. In fact, | believe
that the indefinite increase of ma
chfnery is going to solve what folks
call the labor question'-that is, the
desire of hand workers to get a big
ger slice of the margin of profit"
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-11-12
Baby Elephants.

st. Nicholas.
How the young elephants, in a large
herd, escape from being crushed, is
something of a mystery, as they are
almost continually in motion but
when a herd is alarmed, the young
almost Immediately disappear. A
close observer would see that each
baby was trotting along directly be-
meath its mother, sometimes between
her fore legs.
On the march, when a little ele-
plant is born in a herd, they stop a
day or two to allow it time to eXer-
else its little limbs and gain strength,
and then they press on, the mothers
and babies in front, the old tuskers
following in the rear, but ready to
rush forward at the first alarm.
When rocky or billy places are reach
ed, the little ones are helped up by
the mothers, who push them from
behind and in various ways; but
when a river has to be forded or
swum, a comical sight ensues.
The stream may be very rapid and
rough, as the Indian rivers often are
after a rain, and at such a place the
babies would hardly be able to keep
up with the rest so the mothers and
fathers helpthem. AT first all plunge
boldly in-both young and old-and
when the old elephants reach deep
water, where they have to swim, the
young scramble upon their backs and
sit astride, sometimes two being seen
in this position. But the very young
elephants often require a little more
care and attention, so they are held
either upon the tusks Of the father or
grasped in the trunk of the mother,
and held over or just at the surface OF
the water. Such a sight is q curious
one, to say the least-the great ele-
plants almost hidden beneath the
water, here and there a young one
seemingly walking on the water,
resting upon a submerged back, or
held aloft while the dark waters roar
below.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-11-12
Ivy Poisoning.

A writer in the Popular Science
News gives the treatment which he
has often found serviceable in his
own case when poisoned with ivy:
l have always been extremely sus-
eeptible to the poison of poison ivy
and oak, SO as to give me great an
noyance, unless it is Immediately
checked on its first appearance. This
common washing soda accomplishes
for me, if properly applied. l make
the application by saturating a slice
Of loaf bread with water, then cover
one surface with soda and apply to
the eruption, the soda next the flesh.
When the bread is dried by the ami
nal heat, l drop water on the outer
side, so as to keep it thoroughly
moistened, and dissolve the soda crys-
tails in contact with the skin. This,
you will perceive, is merely a bread
poultice, the bread being q vehicle
through whose moisture the soda
reaches the humor. find that wash
ing or bathing with soda water, even
continuously, will not suffice with
me. My skin requires the heat and
moisture of the bread in order for the
soda to act on and n~eutralize the pois-
on. rarely have need to retain this
soda poultice for more than thirty
minutes to any affected part. Nc
pain ensues. Formerly | suffered
often for weeks, as the poison would
spread all over my body. Now thir-
~ minutes measures the duration of
its exhibition.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-11-12

The success of some of the agents
employed by b. F. Johnson & Co.
Richmond, Va, is truly marvellous.
1t is not an unusual thing for their
agents to make as high as $40 and
$50 a day, and sometimes their profits
run as high as $40 and $5O-even
more. But we hesitate to tell you
the whole truth, or you will scarcely
believe we are in earnest. Write
them and see foryOurself what they
will do for you.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-11-12
OYER THE BLUE RIDGE NOUN
TAINS.

Over the Blue Ridge Mountains,
In a net of far-off skies,
The golden stars are cleaning
Like a swarm Of fre.Aies.
The moon like a ship is anchored
Full-rigged in sea Of light,
And the clouds SAIL by her swiftly
Into the harbor of night.
And my thoughts run into music,
Rhyming themselves to words
As quickly as Echo catches
And answers the call of birds.
And over the Blue Ridge Mountains
1 send you a thought, dear love,
As tender and true and faithful
AS the heart of a cooling dove.
If you were a tall fir, darling,
Standing on yonder height,
Ana should beckon with one of your
branches,
Beckon me tonight
! would fly like a bird to greet you,
I would nestle in your green boughs,
And the. moon and the stars and the noun
tain,
Would listen to tender VOWS.
Over the Blue Ridge Mountains
If you should come riding now,
Like one of the old Crusaders,
With helmet and plumed bow.
would place my foot on your stirrups,
You would lift me up to your heart,
And over the Blue Ridge Mountains
We would ride, never more to part.
"PBARL RIVERS" in Frank Leslie's Illus.
trated Newspaper.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-07-19
HANOVER.
sunday .schooI Anniversary--whess
Crop. &c.

Sunday .gchool Anniyersary-whess
Crop, &c.
fCorrespondence Of tho Richmond Disps:ch-I
july Is, 1887.
The thermometer registered 1922 in
the shade on Sunday at Walnut Grove,
but the little folks had planned an an-
niyersary celebration of the Sunday
school, and they went into it with
zest. Mr.. Walter Sydnor, the ac-
complished superintendent, presided
over and conducted the meeting /;
Miss Mamie Bates, who had or
ganized the entertainment, carried it
ont, aud Miss Helen Bates handled
the organ with case and success. After
a duet by Misses Faulkner and Bea-
dies Miss Oracle Quarles gave an adj
dress of welcome. Then followed a
number OF dialogues and Rotations by
the boys and girls, interspersed with
singing--all OF which were much
praised by the large congregation. AT
the close addresses were delivered by
the pastor Or. Ryland) and by Mr.. b.
I. Marshall, superintendent Bethesda
school; Superintendent w. Wingfeld
Jones, Of the Gethsemane, and Mr.. j.
w. Loving, of the Shady-Grove school.
The truckers are doing fair busi-
ness in their line. Wheat also has
yielded better in this neighborhood
than in many other portions OF lower
Virginia.
Rev. Mr.. Cutler, OF yourcity, comes
to Getbsemane church next week to
preach for Il week.
The delegates appointed to the Do
yer Association at Berea church on the
Goth by Walnut-Grove church are the
pastor, Rev. c. II. Ryland, Mr.. Pitts,
II. Il. Home, Esq, and Mr.. William
Talley. COILS.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-07-19
MAKING HALr.poLLsRs.
Secret. service Officers Find u Man
Running n Private Mint BY
NeW Processes.

A Chicago telegram says: Officers oil
the United States secret-service yester-
day crested Adam Racke, German,
who has been for some time manufac-
turing and circulating counterfeit sill
yer half-dollars extremely well exc
cuted. In ON old trunk at his house
was found the entire outfit, including
metal, crucibles, and lot OF finished
and unfinished half-dollars.
His method of making the coins was
different from any ever known to the
secret-seryice officers. Instead OF using
the customary plaster Of Paris or metal
moulds, he cast the coins on small
earthen moplds, such as are used in
iron-foundries. In this way he would
cast six at one time, and the moulds
were so nearly perfect that the coins
had every appearance OF being genuine
BY this method the moulds were con-
stant,y changed, 80 that the counter
feits bear many different dates. Brass
entered largely into the composition
used, but fair imitation OF silver was
attained, and the weight, ring, and
general appearance of the coins are
calculated to deceive almost anybody.
Racke refused to tell anything about
himself or how long he had been en-
gagged in running his "queer mint.
1t is believed that he has made COM
Portable living at it, as he has wife
and five children depending upon him
for support, and he is not employed at
his trade as moulder.